Stories for April 2008
Stories for Wednesday, April 30
SF School Recieves Gift of Music
Young students at a San Francisco School recieved the gift of music Wednesday, thanks to a large donation.Fourth and fifth graders at John Yehall Chin Elementary School were expecting their normal band practice Wednesday afternoon, but instead they were greeted by nine new instruments wrapped in big bows.The gift was ...
Sky High Hay Costs Has Horse Owners Saying Neigh
It's getting more and more expensive not to just put food on the dinner table but to put food in your pet's dish. And if your pets are larger animals, you can imagine how big a bite they are taking out of your food budget.One example is horses.A bale of ...
Inmate Crews Train For Fire Season
A select group of California prison inmates are being trained to fight forest fires during the upcoming fire season. The training is underway this week in Placer County.CalFire Assistant Chief Randy Smith told KTVU only certain inmates are eligible. He told us "they're non-violent, they're non-sex offenders".The California Department of ...
Ebay Releases Copy Of Lawsuit Against Craigslist
San Jose-based eBay Wednesday released a copy of the lawsuit it has filed against Craigslist and the Web site's founder Craig Newmark. eBay filed the lawsuit last week in Delaware, where Craigslist is a registered corporation, accusing Craigslist, Newmark and Craigslist CEO James Buckmaster of taking actions that unfairly diluted ...
Union Ordered To Tell Members To Work On Day Of Planned Protest
An arbitrator Wednesday ordered for the second time in a week that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union must tell its members to report for work Thursday despite scheduled protests against the Iraq war along the Pacific Coast, including San Francisco. During a phone hearing with union representatives and officials ...
Angels Beat A's 6-1 Behind Santana's Fifth Straight Win
Ervin Santana remained unbeaten in six starts, Casey Kotchman drove in three runs with a pair of doubles and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 6-1 Wednesday night. Santana (5-0) allowed an unearned run and four hits over 6 2-3 innings with three strikeouts and a walk. The ...
Sharks Stay Alive With Win Over Stars
Sharks captain Patrick Marleau thought he had pushed the puck too far ahead. Maybe it was too much to expect another short-handed goal. Instead, in an eerie replay for the Dallas Stars, Marleau managed to finish the play with a short-handed goal for the second straight game. This one came ...
'Idol' Trims Field To Final Four Contestants
Diamond wasn't Brooke White's best friend on "American Idol" Wednesday night. The tearful 24-year-old folkster from Mesa, Ariz., was eliminated as the Fox show trimmed the competition to the top four finalists. On Tuesday's show, aka Neil Diamond Night, White sang two songs by Diamond: "I'm a Believer" and "I ...
Oakland Shooting Victim Testifies Against Man Accused Of Attempted Murder
An Oakland man who was shot six times when he came home from his cleaning job at the Oakland Coliseum shortly after midnight five years ago limped into court Wednesday to testify against a man who's charged with attempted murder in connection with the incident. Speaking through a Spanish interpreter, ...
Fairfield Students Face Expulsion For Racial Incidents
Two Rodriguez High School students in Fairfield remain suspended and face an expulsion hearing for two racially divisive incidents at the school earlier this month. The male students were suspended for dragging a large teddy bear with a noose around its neck from a pickup truck as they drove through ...
BART Offers Free Rides Sunday For Children Under 12
Children under age 12 are invited to board Bay Area Rapid Transit trains at no charge Sunday if they are accompanied by fare-paying adults. The Kids Ride Free event is sponsored by BART and Nestle Nesquik, and allows up to two children to ride free when traveling with a paying ...
Castillo's Homer Lifts Giants To Win
Jose Castillo ended a 450 at-bat homerless drought with a tiebreaking shot to lead off the seventh inning and Fred Lewis preserved the lead with a diving catch in the eighth that sent the San Francisco Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.Castillo's homer to left ...
Giants Catcher Suspended For Positive Drug Test
San Francisco Giants minor league catcher Eliezer Alfonzo was suspended 50 games Wednesday for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, the first player penalized this year under Major League Baseball's drug program. Alfonzo is on San Francisco's 40-man roster so he falls under the major league program even though he ...
DUI Driver May Be At Fault In Fatal Crockett Crash
A fatal crash Wednesday near Crockett appears to have been caused by a reckless and possibly intoxicated driver, California Highway Patrol Officer Tom Maguire said. The crash was reported at about 8:05 a.m. on San Pablo Avenue near Cummings Skyway in unincorporated Contra Costa County. Two people were airlifted to ...
Lafayette Airman Dies In Afghanistan
A 24-year-old Lafayette airman, who volunteered to be sent to Afghanistan two months ago, has been killed by a roadside bomb near Bagram, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.Senior Airman Jonathan A.V. "Jake" Yelner, who attended Concord's De La Salle High School, suffered fatal injuries Tuesday when his vehicle encountered ...
Paula Does Double Take On 'American Idol'
Paula Abdul must be hearing double.On a night when "American Idol" switched up the judges' format by making them hold their appraisals until every contestant had a turn, Abdul offered feedback Tuesday for two songs by Jason Castro — except that he'd only sung one.Unlike the usual format, in which ...
Skull Discovery Triggers Marin Hillside Search
Armed with picks, shovels and buckets, San Rafael police Wednesday meticulously searched a steep hillside near a residential area after a human skull was discovered by as homeowner clearing vegetation.A team of investigators swarmed the hillside early Wednesday and removed dirt from a 10-to-12 foot section. They then were sifting ...
Questions Arise Surrounding Fatal Stern Grove Accident
A San Francisco parks official Wednesday said that a tree -- whose massive limb fell off in a wind storm and crushed a woman to death in the city's popular Stern Grove Park -- had been evaluated and was not designated for removal. Rec And Parks spokeswoman Rosemary Dennis denied ...
Wildfire 50% contained; 5 Firefighters Injured
Firefighters battling a 1,200-acre brush fire had to contend with gale-force winds before making significant gains Tuesday night on the blaze that raced along the edge of a valley south of Reno, closing a major highway, threatening homes and causing the evacuation of a school. More than 350 firefighters were ...
Mexico Hunts Sharks After Fatal Attack On SF Surfer
Authorities are using baited hooks to catch sharks near a Mexican beach where a San Francisco surfer was killed in an attack. Mexico's Navy and maritime authorities say they have strung about 200 yards of lines with baited hooks near the beach in an attempt to catch sharks that may ...
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